http://www.psychologyfitness.com/defense-mechanisms/ Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:23:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psychologyfitness.com/defense-mechanisms/comment-page-1/#comment-364 CUfanatic29 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:23:19 +0000 http://www.psychologyfitness.com/?p=136#comment-364 I think my fave defense mechanism is either Intellectualization or dissociation. I do both very much so. I'm a psychology undergrad and have been in therapy most of my life. I'm also manic depressive. I think I engage in intellectualization first and use facts to avoid emotions and dissociate from them. It's a painful process because I tend to go numb to everything and find it hard to deal with a painful situations or even deal with the person or thing. I think my fave defense mechanism is either Intellectualization or dissociation. I do both very much so. I’m a psychology undergrad and have been in therapy most of my life. I’m also manic depressive. I think I engage in intellectualization first and use facts to avoid emotions and dissociate from them. It’s a painful process because I tend to go numb to everything and find it hard to deal with a painful situations or even deal with the person or thing.

]]> http://www.psychologyfitness.com/defense-mechanisms/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Amanda Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:01:07 +0000 http://www.psychologyfitness.com/?p=136#comment-296 Sure. Sure.

]]> http://www.psychologyfitness.com/defense-mechanisms/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Gabrielle Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:19:55 +0000 http://www.psychologyfitness.com/?p=136#comment-287 I would like to use the Defense Mechanism list in my psychoanalytic group. I would like to use the Defense Mechanism list in my psychoanalytic group.

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